Doodle tales is aimed at children from preschool right through to early teens and allows them to be creative by making their own pictures (Doodles) and stories (Tales) and sharing them simply and safely with their friends, relatives and the wider world.

The app combines a fully featured, best of class, art package; with an intuitive story making tool and the ability to easily, and safely, share Doodles and Tales with the inbuilt social community.

This app allows students to use photos on an iPad to create a story with pictures and text. Additionally, students can add a narration to the story as well. Parts of the pictures can be clickable with additional narration and text.

Designed with the extensive help of professional piano teachers, this fundamental tool is for those who are learning to play piano or other musical instruments, as well as for anybody else who needs practicing sheet music reading.

The application has four sets of flash cards divided into stages with increasing knowledge level. By choosing either one or a combination of any of the four sets, you can start testing yourself and study at the same time. The specially designed shuffling algorithm will start showing more often those cards, which were not answered correctly.

The "Results" screen will show your progress as well what you need to continue working on.

Music Theory for Beginners is the ultimate resource for anyone trying to get to grips with music theory.

The App has been constructed and tested by accomplished musicians and theorists, and designed in a way that makes learning fun.

Split into 22 lessons that cover all the major theory topics from reading notes and rhythm to basic harmony, exclusive lessons provide you with all the information you need in order to take on the interactive quiz. The app includes several interactive controls that make learning to read and play music fun and easy!

Take on the quiz and get your achievement badge for each topic in turn. Once you've earned your badge for that topic, progress onto the next lesson until you're a true theory master!

Sight reading rhythms can be very confusing, especially with syncopations and rests. This app gives you a solid basis for a good rhythmic feel.

By tapping the presented exercises separately from your instrument, you will develop rhythmic skills much faster.

Complete all the exercises and you will find it easier to get the rhythm right in any piece of music!

F e a t u r e s

Exercises in 2/2, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 7/8 , 9/8 time.

Each exercise can be played by the device at different speeds so that you can hear how it should sound and get the right rhythmic feel. Rhythms are played with slight subaccents to emphasize note groups.

Practice mode: you can tap along while the device is playing the rhythm and you get visual/audio feedback of the rhythmic performance. Repeat an exercise before testing until you get your timing exactly right!

More than 200 fixed exercises; the more difficult ones include rests, ties, syncopations, duplets, triplets, quadruplets and swing eighths.

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These mobile apps are apps used by teachers around the state for instruction and education. Each app has been put under its appropriate levels and content areas, and can be filtered using the links below.